New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-13

tc,enty dav on an average" Thou gh he does not
say so, the presumption is that reference is here
made TO Paris alone. But even 50 the effect is mis-
leading. for Paris governed France; the Terror
perva,eG the whole country; ana every Town hau
its murders, some almost as extensive rs thoSe OF
the capital An incomplete list III these muioe's-
10 call them executions is to palliate crue-sbows
that T. 900 persons were III three months guill0-
tined, or shot, drowned, :" the majority without
trial of any kind. 1t is necessary to call attention
10 these facts because tnc~ the fruit Of that
Jacobinism which Mr.. GronluDd SC approves, anu
OF which Danton was q typical leader and almost
the founder Rut what follows is nothing less thah
amazing aYct," says Mr.. Grpnlund, III orier to
be ueriectly fair We should rene m.or that at this
contemporary period tlcrc was many year when
iust as Inanv executions took place in Great Britain
as during the whole Year OF Terror; Only, because
the victims were mostly petty criminals no notice
4 yas taken OF them" We shonI Ike to know wh' re
MIR Gr5nlund obtained this remarkable piece OF IN
forolation I'm the year I1Sj, which was ore OF eX"
ceptonallv bloody assizes III England, the total
rumnrr Of capital sentences for the whole country
WAS %. of whom 1O3 suffered. There were then
90 capital fcloncS on the statute-bo1k though
not n ore tnam Internationally sorts Of elonies act
ually entaIcl execution. These igure~, hoaever
do not IL all aerec til Nj Gronlunds wonderful
statement: nor 90 those OF MulhaE. who gives the
number of executions for the irst hall al the DTS
cnt century at 2.7a4 that is for fifty years very
nearly the number who del at Paris during the
one year of the Terror. But the Jacobrs are re-
sronsiblr for all the bGOl shed in France at That
time and NJ. Tame declares that in lbs eleven de-
partmrnts OF the West the number OF the dcad
of all ages ana both sexes approaches NAH nlii-
ion" In orler to be perfectly far Nj. hronlnhd
should have taken good deal more pains III vcri-
H., Il liz. fam
It's indeed rather late in the day TO put DInton
on a pc dcstal and 10 apotheosze the JacohIn Con
quest Tho fullest and II ost Trustworthy researches
do 10. Justify any material notifications III the
opinions formed by the contemporaries OF these
men. 1t may be admitted that pauton 20 'srss'd
special qualifications for the work 10 when lie de-
voted himself. 1t may even he conceded that lie
was sincere But there two facts IN his career
which ncur1lizs his claim TO craftsmanship. In
the first place he relied wholly upon force; IN the
second place he tailed to the inevitable outcome
of such a policy. Compared with E'beapIoIre or
Marat he was mo ,rrate and scrupulous. Rut con-
parc, with any really civilized and moral leader lie
vas half-demasoguc. naf-brigaud, and utterly IN
capabe of either project or carrying out any
wise or enduring social or political REFORMS. In
attempting to connect such n figaro with 'he idca
OF a hom0gen revolutionary movement brought
down to own times and IN presenting lio
French Jacoblus as models for IN tatiou today.
Mr.. Granlund appears 10 Ms to have made mistake
which can only react ininriously upon the doc
trncs he desires to teach. Anglo SaXons are Indeed
never likely to look for examples TO tie red fool
fury of the Seine but the very worst possible way
to persuade them into abandoning their sober CON
vctons a. to the real Ii Gaming of freedom Is 20
aiiront their intelligence by commenting to them
as admirable and deserving Of respect such leaders
as Danton and such measures as he Is lHentihed
with On the whole tins strange medley OF Col
ectivisn and Jacobnsm strikes u as being nm
happily named :" ca ira might do in 1898 and
during tie Terror Int ca n ira pas IN 1887 and
among the American people.